Pin ticket



Aug. 8, 1933. Q A. FLOQD 1,921,814l i PIN TICKET Filed June l1, 1932 WMM/2% fiumrSTA-TES Patented Aug. 8, 1933 i t 'f Carl vA. Flood, Framingham, Massgfassgnor Vtory Dennison Manufacturing` Company, Framing- Y ham, Mass., a Corporation `of Massachusetts 1 This invention relates to pin tickets of the type usedfor marking various articlesof merchandise to indicate the price, grade or other identifying characteristic of Vthe goods. Y

`5 While such tickets `or price tags maybe applied b y manually threading the pinthrough the ticket and material, it is customary to. employ a ticket attaching machine which feeds the tickets and pins to automaticmechanism for successively ad- 1'01 vancing the pins and securing the individual tickets to the fabric or goods to be tagged. Both the tickets and pins arev usually Vfeci into the machine in strip form or arrangement, andfthe apparatus'for detachingthe pins from the strip ticket is necessarily delicateand rather complicated.v t

Various forms of pin tickets and attaching maf chines have beenY devised with a view to pro- '20 ducing a made upticket which'affordsthe desired security ofr attachment to the goods and in .which the point of'` the pinV is concealed and guarded against catching upon other articles. `or injuring the person handling the taggedma- 125'- terial.` Satisfactory anchorage andprote'ctive at-` tachment ofthisacharacter is furnished bythe ward axial movementin the attaching machine.'`

It is evident, for example, that the dimensions of `the guide channel must be'large enough to allow passage of the pin head, and that consequently the point of the pin" has 4considerable freedom'of movement laterally within such a channel.

As a flange or shoulder of some sort is usually necessaryto Vlimit axial ,"movement ofthe pin ,through the tag, it is accordingly the principal purpose of the present invention to provide a pin ticketin which the pin is formed with a transverse shoulder or ho'okbent over toward .no and preferably engaging thetagpr'tcket'whereby the pin presents a smooth outer surface, free of upward projections which might catch on other materials tending to damagethe materials and to loosen or dislodge the pin." ,Another ob-f the shoulder is no greater than' that of the pin shank, so that -the pin will pass through a rel, atively narrowguide channel of the attaching machine and thus simplify the constructionof and guiding them during movement toward the.

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. ject of the invention is tdprodue a' ticket of the.y character aforesaid, in which the thickness yof the machine elements and ensure proper guidingv ofthe pinpoint.

y Recommended embodiments of the invention areillustrated in the accompanyingddrawing,1n which. s, n Fig. 1Sisa planview of apreferred form of the improved pingticket;

Fig. 2 is a sectionaliviewfgtaken along the axis ofthe pinshownin Fig. 1; ',Fig; 3 Vis a view'similanto v,Fig .2, illustrating somewhat diagrammatcally a preferred mode` of` mechanically attaching the ticket4 to Vtheifabric onsoodsr v Figsfl and5 a modified construction;

'Figa 6 and 'l aresimilar view suof a further modification; and

are `p lanand sectional `views" jofa- Figs.` 8.--and 9 are detail sideand end views. re- Y spectively of ,the pin shown in Figs.- 4 and 5.

' I ntheparticular.embodimentchosen for the purpose'of illustration-in Figs. 1 to 3, the-pin ticketcornprises a piece ofexible sheet material suchas cardboard or heavy paperv folded at 8-,to proyidetwo plies 9 and 10 which are cemented or otherwise., connected .together ,except adjacent l the `fold whereV aflat tubular portion 11 is prof vided between theVA plies. t This ticket or tag-is' applied uponi the g'oods 12 and the pin 13v is threaded through the tag and material, passing through the front and rear-plies9,and` 1,0 respectively,V vthence `throughl the goods, back through the goods and tag plies, and Vfinally'rear- Y preferably flexed during insertion of the pin so that the Vlatter may be forced pointiirst into the tag and goodswithout bending' or permanent In accordance fwith the. present invention,

'rearward end of the Vattached pin is formed with a hook or transverse shoulderv 14 bent or curved over toward the front side Yof the ticket and preferably engagingfthe ticket Vb ody to `prevent the hook from` catching on anything. In Figsl to E,v

the shoulder vhas a thickness no greater .than that ofthe pin shank Yand lies between parallel planes extending` along opposite sides of the shank; and the tifp cf't'h'ehook bears against the surface of the front fply. fHence, the pin` may be wdrivenA through 'a" `nari'owA guide groove or channel of the attaching apparatus, and the outer surface of the hooked end'is substantially srnoothand` free from' projections.

depending hook 18. The ticket or tag, together with the. pliable material, is'lflexed or crimped againstthe curved base of the-abutment 15 by means of an anvil (not shown) which presses upwardly against' the goods. The pin 13 is advanced axially through the guiding groove or channel 19 and forced into the ticket by means of alre-V ciprocating driver rod or plunger 20 and the point of the pin is finally guided inwardly through the i vinserted at one side of the tag and threading `into the body thereof, the rearward end of the pin having a shoulder on the side next to the tag and the outer surface of saidY pin end Vbeing front side of the ticket and into the tubularv portion 11 thereof by` the hook 18=r of theiawingingI lever, the tip of the hook entering a preformed opening 21 in thefront ply of the tag in advance of the pin to serve as a guide for thepin ,points` point reaches-itheticketit ordinarily 'ridesup along the surface of the ticket '(when using smooth hardsurface ticketsfof the usual kind) until 'it abuts the upper'` wall of the guideway throughout substantially its entire length. Consequently-there is less danger of buckling whiley vthepinfis beingV thrust through the ticket: the

pin tends to buckle upwardly if at all because of the shapev of the head, and upward buckling (as well as lateral buckling) is effectivelyV resisted inasmuch as'the pin seatsin the-upper end of the guideway.; f

' In the'optional form illustrated'in Figs. 4 and 5,"th'e`hook-14' of'pinl 13 is attened and has a relatively broad base Vbearing edgewise against ther-surface of the back ply, the front ply having a preformed opening 22 receiving the hooked end. Although the hoe shaped hook 114' is wider than the thickness of the pin shank,{it"has` a better bearing surface against the ticket and thus more effectively resists any twisting or rotational move-H ment'of the pin.

Ingtheform shownin Figs.V 6 and 7, the tag 23 is single ply `and has an'opening 24 receiving the bentshoulder 14 of the pin 13. In this case the tip of the shoulder or hook does not bear against a surface of the tag, but the side of the hook` would engage the periphery of theopening the danger of the pin accidentally catching onv laces, knitted goods, netting, etc.4 It will also be understood that the opening 22 ,servesY to restrain the pin from accidentally turning on its axis sufficiently toV cause said shoulder. to project from the tag, and that the wide base of the modicationshown inI Fig. `9V also serves the same purpose. f n

Ticket pins of the characterv herein described may be separatelyattached to an adlfiesive feedingv strip lin the manner disclosed .in my ,copendingjapplication Serial V1510.162739?filed August 6, 1932; and the pin strip Amay be usefully'employed inthe pin attaching machine of mygapplicationY Serial No. 565,466, previously mentioned, It will be understood however thatapink ticket constructed in accordance withl the'present invention may be produced in any suitable way land that this invention includes all modifications and equivalents which -fall Within the following claims.

I claim: 1. A pin ticket comprising a tag, and a pin the scope of free of projections, said shoulder being presented to the tag inside theboundary thereof, and means forrestraining the pin from'accidentally'turning on its'axis sufficiently to cause said shoulder to project from the tag. Y Y

2. A pin ticket comprising a tag anda piniinserted at one side of the tagand threadinginto the body thereof, the rearward end of the .pin having a shoulderon the `side next to. thetag and'` theouter .surface of said pin end beingv freeof projections, said shoulder having a thickness no greater than that of .the pin` shank so that 1 the shoulder. lies between ,parallel planes .extendingv along opposite sides of the shank, saidr shoulder. being presented to the tag insidethe boundary thereof, Vand means for restraining the pin from vaccidentally turning onits axis. sufficiently to cause said shoulder to'project from the tag.

3. A pin ticket comprising a tag and a pinrinserted at one side of the tag and threading' into the-body thereof, the rearward end-of the pin having ahook bent toward andv engaging the tag and the' outer surface of said hooked end being freeV of projections, said hook. being flattened and having a relatively broad base bearingr edgewise against a surface of the tag. f

4.v A pinfticket comprising a tag applied tothe goods to be ticketed, and-a pin inserted through the Yfront of the tag thence throughthe goods and into the tag, the point of the pinbe'ing-retainedV in and concealed by the tag, the opposite endof the .pinhaving a hook bent vtoward and engaging the tag inside'the boundary thereof and the outer surface of the hookedend being free of Vprojections- 5.v A pin ticket-comprising a tag adapted to be fastened upon -the material to be ticketed, the

front side Vof thev tag having an opening, and a pin inserted through said tag :from the front and thence forwardly into the tag7 the rearward'end of thepin` having a hook bent toward the tag and received in said opening, and the outer sur- Vface of the hooked end being free of projections.

6. A pin ticket comprising a 'tag `adapted to Y.be

fastened uponthe material to be'ticketed'the front side of ,thetag having an opening, anda pin inserted through said'tag from the front `and thence forwardly into the tag, the point of .the Y pin being retained'in and concealed by the'rtag and the rearward end of the pin having a hook,`

CARLA. FLOOD.;k 

